New Year's Party 2011

DECEMBER 2011

This was one of my most favorite New Years!  The Demke's decided to host a party at their house that was family friendly so we could all celebrate with our littles.  I loved this idea!  The parents had a blast and so did the kids.  Susie made a New Year's Eve tree and decorated it with party hats & crowns, glasses, noisemakers and silver tinsel.  At midnight all the kids grabbed goodies off the tree and gathered in the foyer ready for the countdown....at midnight Christian Demke released balloons from the upstairs!  It was the perfect way to celebrate and get ready for an amazing 2012!

 

Carter & Lacey Hunsaker, Kylie & Chad Ferguson, Whitley Demke, Savi Hafer holding Lorelai, Cameron Ferguson, Mason Hafer, Tea Jones, Gavin Demke and Hannah Munyer

this little girl made it all the way til midnight!

Lauriann Ferguson, Melissa Lane, Julie Munyer, Susie Demke, Carrie Whitehead, Mellissa Hafer & Karen Fry

Christmas 2011

DECEMBER 2011
Traditionally ever since my parents were divorced I spent Christmas Eve with my dad and Christmas day with my mom.  We have kept that tradition for many many years, into adulthood, but once all the kids started having kids, my parents realized that Christmas Eve, Eve would be better.  So we celebrate Christmas Eve, Eve with my dad and Janette and siblings and nieces and nephews.  And then Christmas morning we went to my mom and Vern's house.  My favorite Christmas traditions include: Chinese food Christmas Eve with my dad and Janette, looking at Christmas lights at the Mission Inn in Riverside, Christmas breakfast with my mom including hot chocolate, egg soufflé, baked cinnamon apples and cinnamon rolls and attending church where the primary children sing.  And I'm sure I'll be adding more traditions as the years go by!  Below are pictures from our marathon Christmas in 2011.

Grandma Susie came over to help mommy and Lorelai decorate the Christmas tree

Lorelai was so excited when we bought the sparkly snowflakes

I see you, mom!

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and baby Gwen was crawling all over while we were decorating

Lorelai met Santa for the first time at the Mission Inn

Christmas Eve, Eve with Grandpa Cordell, Lorelai and Mia the dog

Christmas Eve eve at grandma and grandpa McDonald's house!  We love it!  Melissa & Gwen Lane

Christmas doesn't get any better than with my two girls!  Gwen (10 months) and Lorelai (2 1/2)

Mommy got off work early to take these two babes to get a cupcake at Casey's

Christmas Eve at the Hafer's house! We did a full nativity with the Hafer family, missionaries and Jergensen family

Lorelai, the little shepard. 

Christmas Morning! 



Gwennie and her baby toys

Dad's helping Lorelai check out her stocking

Lorelai told Santa she wanted paint

Grandma Janette got Lorelai a Ariel doll and Auntie Stevie got her Rapunzel

All tuckered out from Christmas festivites

Lorelai's testing out her new curling iron on mommy's hair

A brand new Baby Nathan McDonald held by his great grandpa Ed Ludloff and Lorelai

We headed over to grandma Susies house for breakfast.  Gwen, Lorelai, Melissa and Bill Bien.  Also Stevie, Mike, baby Nathan, Suzette and Grandpa Ed Ludloff were at Susie and Vern's for breakfast. 

Photo Shoots 2011

DECEMBER 2011

This was a super busy day of photo shooting.  In the morning I helped out Joaquin as a sitting model while he had a video shoot using his new hair cutting tool called The Comb.  They cut my hair into a perfectly straight bob and then they dressed me and had me model my newly cut hair.  After the photo shoot was over Joaquin chopped my hair off and I drove straight home for another photo shoot.  This time shooting my house for my interior design website by Kamee June Photography.  Below are a few photos from both photo shoots.

 

Getting prepped and dressed for the shoot

My makeup was done by a professional makeup artist and was Amazing!

See my hair on the floor!

I seriously had no idea what I was doing, but my hair and makeup was amazing!

 

 

and then Joaquin chopped my hair and I was on my way home for photo shoot #2

Living Room styled

Kitchen styled

Lorelai's bedroom

Guest Room

 

Nov/Dec 2011

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011
Just some miscellaneous photos of our adventures and outings in southern California with Lorelai and Gwennie.



loving these "choo choo train" carts at target

happy baby gwen

Lorelai modeling her new outfit from good ol target (2 1/2)

Little Lorelai riding on a turtle at the splash pad at Irvine Spectrum

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Gwen (11 months) and Lorelai (2 1/2) all nice and cozy at Disneyland

Disneyland Carousel

Elyse Jergensen and Lorelai Lane pretending to paint each other's toe nails!

Just hanging out

little earmuffs and a fur coat at baby gap at Victoria Gardens

Little Gwennie!

Thanksgiving 2011

 NOVEMBER 2011
For Thanksgiving we hosted it at our house in Riverside.  Christi Postoian and her daughters came for dinner since Randy was working. It was a fun Thanksgiving!  Ian and Christi cooked.  Lorelai loved watching the "chicken celebration" which was the Macy's thanksgiving day parade! 

Our thanksgiving day table

KaiLee Postoian and baby Gwen

Mommy and Gwennie

Stevie's Baby Shower

NOVEMBER 2011

My brother Mike McDonald and his wife Stevie were expecting their first baby due in January 2012.  She was pregnant with a baby boy!  I was so excited to throw her a baby shower, since I have only girls.  I did a nautical theme, because both Mike and Stevie love sailing and even worked at West Marine.  The theme was "Ahoy!  It's a boy!"  We did a breakfast brunch at my house in on Carnegie Ct in Riverside.  Complete with a egg soufflé, yogurt parfaits, fresh fruit and assorted pastries.  Of course, no baby shower is complete without baby shower games!  So we played a memory game with assorted baby items, and guess what's in the diaper!  For the diaper game I melted different chocolate candy bars and melted them into diapers.  Each person then had to guess by sight and smell what the chocolate was.  So funny!  We all had a wonderful time showering Stevie with presents. 

 





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Gwen (9 months) Melissa and Lorelai (2 1/2) Lane

I used sailing flags to decorate the banister and the antique family bassinet to hold presents

Guests waiting for Stevie to arrive

Lorelai kissing her baby nephew!

3 generations!  Samantha, Joni and Stevie Jo

Mother, daughter and grandma

Game time!

Mommy to be



 

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Leisa Plocher is a little unsure of this!

Don't worry, its chocolate!

Great aunt Carol Horn and cousin Stacy Loveridge

Katey Carlson.  In it to win it! pictured with Leilani Swann and her niece Lorelai Lane

Leisa Plocher and Susie Sewell holding baby Gwen

Arianna Mouradjian holding baby Gwen

Carol Ludloff Horn, Stacey Loveridge and Suzette Ludloff



Ready to pick a prize

Fun with auntie

Sister fun!  Leilani Swann and Katey Carlson

Great Aunts Patti Morrison and Linda Castle (our late grandma joanne's sister and sister in law)

Ashley and Brielle Parker

 

Arianna, Leilani and Katey.  Arianna flew out from Rhode Island to come to the shower!

Baby Gwennie

Leisa Plocher, Susie Sewell, Andrea Grout, and Lorry Chamlee

Stevie and Andrea

Stevie and her grandmother Joni